Window screen



Oct. 29, 1929. A. J. DODGE ET AL WINDOW SCREEN 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed March 31, 1927 Oct. 29, 1929. A. J. DODGE ET AL WINDOW SCREEN Filed March 51, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Oct. 29, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ANDREW J. DODGE AND JOHN C. PETTIBONE, OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT WINDOW SCREEN This invention relates to window screens, and has for an object to provide an improved mounting for a screen, which when the window is closed will be wound up into a relatively, small space where it is out of the way and is protected against deterioration from the action of the elements or from other inur 1 1 It is also an object of the invention to provide a construction of this type in which the act of opening the window will bring the screen into position, and in which there is locking means for simultaneously clamping the window and screen in any desired posi- 115 tion. Y

It is a further object of the invention to provide a construction for thistype of screen in which there is an approved and convenient means for quickly attaching or detaching the screen to or from the sash, and in which the mounting for the screen may be easily removed for storing the screen or it may be as easily mounted in position.

With the foregoing and other objects in 2 5 view, wehave devised the construction illusformn these showing our improved screen in position, the

lower sash of the window being raised to open position.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section thereof substantially on line 22 of Fig.1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the sash above the screen.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the upper supporting bar for the screen showing the clamping means in elevation. I

' Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the clamp operating means substantially on line 66 of Fig. 4, and Y Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the socket and the sash used to secure the top bar of the screen thereto.

The upper and lower sashes of the window are indicated at 10 and 11 respectively. and they are mounted to slide vertically in a frame 12 in the usual manner. The glass carried by the sash is indicated at 13. Our improved screen 14 is composed of the usual wire mesh which should, however, be preferably of relatively soft copper wire so as to be fairly flexible. It is connected at its lower end to a spring operated roller 15 and at its upper end is' detachably connected to the lower bar 16 of the lower sash. It may, of course, be used on the upper sash in the same manner if desired. The wire mesh 14 is attached'at its upper end to a horizontal bar 17, and means are provided for detachably connecting this bar to the lower bar 16 of the sash. For this purpose on the front of the bar 16 are mounted a pair of plates 18 having an elongated opening 19, the sash bar being recessed behind this opening. Mounted in the upper bar 17 of the screen is a pair of T- head bolts 20, these boltsextending through the'bar 17 and mounted for, turning movements-therein. The T-heads' 21 are on the rear of the bar and are adapted to pass through the elongated openings 19, and then if the bolt is turned ninety degrees the head will be transverse to this slot and will securely fasten the bar 17 to the bar 16 of the sash. 7 The bolt is easily manipulated by a small handle 22 at the front of the bar 17 and a knurled check nut 23 may be threaded on this bolt at the front of the bar, and when the bolt is turned to bring the head across the opening 19 this nut may be tightened to clamp the bolt in this position. Of course, when the T-head is brought to the upright position the bar .17 may be easily removed from the sash, thu's detaching the screenfrom the sash.

On the inner surface of the upright sides of the frame are mounted upright guides 24 for the upright edges of the'screen and also the locking or clamping means. These guides are preferably of sheet metal and are prefer- 199 ably of substantially the shape shown in Fig. 3, there being an open slot 25 in their inner 'walls for the screen and the clamping members. These guides hold the edges of the screen straight and prevent passage of insects past these edges, and also provide means to cooperate with the locking device.

The locking device is mounted in the horizontal bar 17. This bar is provided with a longitud na greova 26 the top wall in keyumayt beainsertedi humane front; The

tion- These.relamni-aselemsatszhaveinalined:

ends at the center of the bar engaging the opposite side edges of a cam plate 29:; plate has inclined upright side edges 30 which engage the inner ends were @nmpsemha at is lower edge ,is bent laterally tofOrma fla s *M te ssa v r i fla e is eccentric 32 engaging the top ofrthiishflange and mounted ron a transverse operated a cranlrfi 34 is ,connectedat itsopposite end'stothe clam siQZ Qn opposite sides ofth-e plate 29: his spring tends to draw the clamps"againstthe plate. It will be obv ous that fafteiithe windoiyandthe screenjhasbeenadjusted to the proper position the, operator may turn the makes-app crate eccentric and force the cam plate downwardly; This will torcethe clamping elements 27' outwardly an diclamp their ends 28 against the bottom surfaces ofthe guides 2st, and w ll thus lock? ;t1;1ef,-screen and the window in any; given positiondesired. turning thecraiflr' the opposite enemas itiwil-l he-obvious thatthe windowands creen may beunlocked: very desirable feature because the lock can b'ejoperated only I from the in-side of the; window, and therefore,thesv indow maybe locked fitDIIliihB inside in anytposit ion desired. i A i I As indicated abovathe flower-end means screen 14: isconnected to aspi ing-operated roller 15 Thisroller is mounted sheet metal ,casing 35: so thatziu is enclosed; and when Ltheiso'reen is lowered it is prote ctedfby this leasing lg-hevroller- 15 :is -operated coil spring'anot shown, which tends to rotate 1i; an. a direction. .toiw nrl up the screen this 'beinglclockwiseflas viewed it ifl'dligtfiflso that whenithe sash is .glowered the screen automaticallyiavoiuidby.thisspningl The spring is connectedito la cranlcAO having a handle 41 forming; agkeyaby iwhichl the spring. may be woundw to the l proper ".ten sion. Aaftr i being WQUBdJthJS crank 1's insertedrantp. an iopen sided; rooue 42in ametalimountingiplate 43, this groove, dieing .comzenientlyittoi med uby ,pi'ssingnthe center ,m'ofgthe .aplatea -'laterall;y. The. plate is 1 mounted inuthe inside: .of the Window ituauie and is isecured rthereinl'byian suitable means "The end? of s this groom-opens: through thenfront ;-so.;that the mounting, 425 carries springmfinger 4'5 --a i laptedlt0.retain atheicranllr inithe mounting. zltheilinger also 1 :ests iover tfheshandle-elrto assist: l1}; prementmg. tanning ioifrithislihandle.

1,733,652 Tj a This end of the roller is mounted on a plug 48 rotatable on the bar 39. At the opposite end of the roller is a pivot pin 53 adapted to project into a hearing opening in the plate mounting 54. This mounting is mounted in the side of the window frame and secured by any suitabl e means. The rollermay be easily removed for storage or for any other purpose desired-and it may be as easily remounted in the w ndeaanhen desiredu i scares. as the window sash is raised a corresponding amount ottthescreen is unwound from the roller, and

elements, and'is' in extended"position only when the windowis opened andjtheri only to the extent -to--which the window is openedso that thereis always a clear view through the window. Itmaybe' easily removed bya'neretime, and manual means tor operating-ithe 1y detaching theT=bolts-20;andremoving the roller from-its mountingatthe lower part of the frame. It is as" easilyremountedi by merely inserting the roller and the T-bolt s. By means of the clamping elements 27 and their Operating a h eams 05 Window are easily lqcked j in any position to which the windpw'may be-moved.

Having-thns set fortlir the natureof our in ventron what we-iclaim ls;

11 {In combination,- a movable window sash; a bar; towhich a screen is attached at one end-y guides for the-opposite side edges of the screen, means -for rig1dly'securing the bflljgtO the sash sothattheibar is required to move therewith A inbothv directions, movable 1 clampingielements carried hy theibar and en- :tendingat their outer ends Ein to said guides, and manually operable means carniedibyathe bar toIshi-ft saidelementsto: press itheir outer lends against =the b'ottoms ot? the guides. to :lock 1 1 both stem-11am; and screen -in adjusted positions V Qii Inc combination, "a movable. window sash aiba r to which a screen; is attached at ioneiend 'imeansifor rigidlyisecurinm the bar 5 to the sash so that the banis'req uire 2130 move therewith inihothudirecti'ons; said bar having lailongitudinally extending groove clamping elements mounted-fooslideiinl said ggnoove, a

icamimountedrontthe barand adapted toishift f said; selementsioutwardly to {press their outer ends against the window nframe 'to clam ihothwthe window t and screen; ini adjeus'ted posisame. a a

3a 'In combination, a movablewindowsash,

J .aa ;barto iw-hich: a i'sneen; is .-attac 'hed:- (at I one .end, means to ri'gidlyiseeurea ttre bar: to the groove, clamping elements mounted to slide in said groove, a cam comprising a plate having inclined side edges and a laterally extending lug, said cam being arranged between said elements, a spring tending to hold said elements against said lnclined edges, an eccentric mounted to engage said lug, and means to turn said eccentric to separate the clamping elements.-

In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures.

ANDREW J. DODGE. JOHN G. PETTIBONE. 

